Pete Smith Movies

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."